GNF Systems Users Group Meeting

We are pleased to announce the first annual GNF Systems Users Group Meeting!

Guest speakers will share their expertise/experience integrating GNF equipment in their current automation environment and custom platforms. Following the presentations, we will close the session with a panel discussion including fellow GNF Systems users and automation engineers from across the country. Please RSVP with Salvatore Fanale (sfanale@gnf.org) to reserve your spot today!

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Carlo Van Staden

Sr. ScientistAmgen

Carlo joined the HTS/Molecular Pharmacology department at Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA 18 years ago as a biologist and used fully-automated screening platforms and stand-alone work stations to perform small molecule HTS. Over the years, the department has changed names multiple times, the automation pendulum has swung back-and-forth, and 5 years engaged in automated mass spectrometry with the Agilent RapidFire, but the job remained the same. A few years ago, Amgen entered the 1,536-well screening world with a fully-automated, robotic platform from GNF. Carlo is the biologist operator of the platform who complements the engineer operator to deliver confirmed hits to the project teams.

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Jason Cassaday

Automation Engineering LeadMerck

Jason received his undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University. He has a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University. Hired at Merck in 1999, he has been developing, designing, and using instrumentation and systems to perform High Throughput Screening Assays. He holds 2 US patents.